Spoon-holder.



o GRAHAM. SPOON HOLDER.

APPLICATION HLED JUNE 8.1916.

Patented Aug. 21,1917;

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CAROLINE GRAHAM, OF WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

SPOON-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CAROLINE GRAHAM, a citizen of theUnited States,residing at West Chester, in the county of Chester and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements intdpoon- Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of an improved form of holder for spoons or otherutensils. One object of my invention is to provide a holder of the abovedescribed type which can be quickly and easily attached to a dish, andwhich will be of such construction as to effectively hold a spoon orother utensil and prevent it from sliding bodily into thedish.

Another object is to so construct my improved holder that it may be usedeither to support the handle of the spoon or to directly support thebowl of the spoon.

A. further object is to so make my improved holder that it can bemanufactured quickly and at a low cost.

These objects, and other advantageous ends which will be describedhereinafter, I attain in the following manner, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of myimproved holder.

F ig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the holder illustratedin Fig. 1 as it appears when attached to a dish and supporting thehandle of a spoon.

Fig. 3 is another fragmentary perspective view showing my improvedholder support- I ing the bowl of a spoon, the handle of the spoonresting on the upper edge of the dish. Fig. 4 is a view of similarnature to Fig. 2, but showing a modified form of my invention. Referringto the drawings, the holder 1 is made of a single piece of wire bentintothe form illustrated and providing two rear recesses 2 and 3, twointermediate recesses 4 and 5, and a forward recess 6, the said forwardrecess 6 extending transversely to the recesses 2,3, 4, and 5.

The recesses 4, 5, and 6, are open at the top, and the recesses 2 and 8are open at the bottom. The recesses 2 and 3 permit the holder to beslid over the upper edge 7 of a dish, and the free ends 8 of the wireforme ing the holder depend and extend downwardly on the outer surfaceof the dish, and the folds 9 and 10 which provide the re- Specificationof Letters Patent.

PatentedAug. 21, 1917.

Application filed June 8, 1916. Serial No. 102,390.

oesses 4 and 5, extend downwardly on the inside of the dish.

The upper portions of the recesses 4 and 5 are shaped as at 11 toreceive the flanged edge 7 of the dish, since dishes are usuallyprovided with a flange or bead at their upperedge'.

The extreme inner portion of the holder 12 is looped, and this loopforms the recess 6 above referred to, the bottom portion of the loop 12acting to support the handle'of the spoon in a manner clearly shown inFigs. 2, and 4.

The recesses 4 and 5 which are formed by the depending loops or folds 9,provide means whereby the bowl of the spoon may be supported as shown inFig. 8 of the drawing, so that with my improved invention, the spoon maybe supported in an inclined position as shown in Fig.2 with its bowlportion resting on the bottom of the dish or if it is desired to keepthe spoonentirely out of the material in the dish, the bowl may beinserted within the recesses 4 and 5, and rest on the bottom of thefolds 9.

lVhile the holder may be manually moved along the edge 7, it cannotaccidentally come off, since the ends 8 and folds 9 are designed tofrictionally engage the inner and outer surfaces of the dish. Theextreme ends of the wire forming the holder are bent into loops 13, andthese loops 13 act both a reinforcement for the ends 8 and also act toprevent any sharp edges from cutting or scratching the hand of the user.7

In the form of my invention shown in Fig. 4, the legs 14' and 15 assistin forming the recesses 4 and 5, and are of greater length than thecorresponding legs shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, and since the loop 2is formed by continuation of the wire from the legs 14 and 15, and ismuch shorter than the legs 14 and 15, the handle of the spoon whenresting within the recess 6 provided by said loop 12, will be raised aconsiderable distance from the upper edge 7 of the dish. This form isespecially desirable for use on dishes or pans which must necessarily beextremely hot, and in which the materialwithin the dish is also hot.

It will thus be noted that with this con struction, the spoon is keptrelatively cool by being kept entirely free of the dish.

My invention may be made from a single piece of wire bent into the shapeillustrated, and it acts in two capacities, namely, to

directly support the handle of the spoon, or to support the bowlthereof.

WVhile I have described the dish as having a flange, it will be notedthat my holder may be used on dishes or other vessels in which theflange is omitted, since the recesses 2 and 3 are-capable of receiving aside of a dish Which may be straight or otherwise formed. Also, while Ihave described and illustrated my invention as a spoon holder, it willbe noted that it may be used in connection with. a fork. or otherutensil if desired.

Therecesses- 6 may be'of such width as to permit the narrow portion ofthe handle sliding therethrough, but prevent the wide portion of thespoon handle from sliding therethrough.

l/Vhile I- have described my invention as taking; a particular form itwill be understood that the various parts of my invention may be changedwithout departing from the spirit thereof, and hence I do not limitmyself to the precise construction set forth, but consider that I: am atliberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly come Within thescope of the appended claim;

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is A holder made of a continuous piece of wire,the ends of said wire being shaped to (iopiesof thisipatenti may; beobtained for depending folds in the wire ext-ending in transversedirections to said edge, the pertions of said wire forming the rearrecesses being in the shape of upwardly projecting loops, the portionsforming the intermediate recesses being in the shape of depending loops,said first 100p extending transversely to the other of said loops andforming means whereby one of the intermediate recesses and one of therear recesses is located oneach side of the holder and spaced apart toprovide room for the handle'of a utensil, substantially as descrlbed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CAROLINE GRAHAM;

Witnesses:

JOHN J. GIIEEN, H. F. TROUTMAN.

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